March 13, 2016
Sloppy Joes over Rice with Spinach and Vegetables
Sloppy Joes over Rice with Spinach and Vegetables
Take a childhood classic and adult-ify it! This amazingly easy dinner will have both you and your kids sloppy with satisfaction! File under "Damn, I'm good."
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 1/2 onion diced
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 4 Roma tomatoes diced
- 1 lb ground meat turkey, chicken or beef
- 1 carrot diced fine
- 1 stalk celery diced fine
- 1 potato diced fine
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp hot pepper sauce
- 1 cup rice
- 2 cups freshly chopped spinach
Instructions
- In a large, deep coverable frying pan, saute onion in 1 tbsp of olive oil with a pinch of salt and pepper on medium high heat until onion becomes translucent.
- Add the tomatoes and saute for an additional minute or so.
- Add the ground meat and brown for about 2 minutes.
- Add the carrot, celery and potato and saute an additional 2- 3 minutes.
- Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, dijon mustard, red wine vinegar and hot pepper sauce and stir thoroughly until everything is mixed. Cover and bring to a simmer for one hour. Taste about 1/2 hour into cooking and salt if necessary.
- Prepare the rice about 25 minutes before you are done simmering. To prepare rice add 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice in a coverable pot. Bring to a rolling boil, then cover and lower heat to medium low and simmer for 15-17 minutes. Turn off heat and let sit on stove for an additional 10 minutes to steam.
- Add the spinach to the sloppy Joe mixture and stir to incorporate. Cover and let cook for five minutes.
- Serve the sloppy Joe mixture over the rice.
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